Journal profile · BUSINESS
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues
ISSN 2345-0282 · Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center · Lithuania
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues: CAS Zone 4 · Management (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 91 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); 117 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues is published by Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center and is in Zone 4 of Management in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Business and Economic Development, Economic and Business Development Strategies and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, together about 34.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes original research papers and case studies
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): BUSINESS
Editor-in-chief Abel Femi AdekolaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 3, Poland 3, United Kingdom 2, Romania 2, United States 1 (21 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Business and Economic DevelopmentEnvironmental Science14%
- Economic and Business Development StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
- Entrepreneurship Studies and InfluencesBusiness, Management and Accounting8.9%
- Economic and Technological Developments in RussiaSocial Sciences6.5%
- Economic Issues in UkraineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.3%
- Regional Development and PolicySocial Sciences4.5%
- Socio-economic Development and SustainabilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Environmental Sustainability in BusinessBusiness, Management and Accounting3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Management Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Management | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Business | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 595OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 26.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 93.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 114LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,536 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 96 | 96 | 203 |
| 2025 | 117 | 117 | 74 |
| 2024 | 122 | 122 | 243 |
| 2023 | 111 | 111 | 478 |
| 2022 | 121 | 121 | 830 |
| 2021 | 171 | 171 | 1,813 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
91 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 72 days – 105 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 76 days (90 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 166 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (267 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,250 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 850 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 850 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 1,250 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- EUR 350
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship
Original, unpublished, not under consideration elsewhere. Model summary
Anyone identified as an author must have made a substantial intellectual contribution to the research and to the writing of the article. They must be willing to take a shared responsibility in the research and in the article and approve the final version to be published. Anyone who does not fulfil these criteria but has contributed to either the research or the writing of the article should be ack…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with iThenticate. Model summary
The journal routinely screens submitted paper for plagiarism using iThenticate software.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center
- Country or region
- Lithuania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2345-0282
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues
What CAS zone is Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues is in Zone 4 of Management, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Business. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Management. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 91 days (interquartile range 72–105 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues based?
Of the 21 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (3), Poland (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues open access, and what is the APC?
Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .